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“It means his bloodline will forever ride the earth on two horses with one ass,”
“Use a knife?” he sputters. “Would you prefer a revolver?” Isla says. “Although, now that you mention it—” “I did not mention it. You did.” “I should like a revolver. One of those tiny ones that American ladies carry in their handbags.” “They do not carry pistols in their handbags, Isla. You have been reading too many of those novels of yours.” “But one would fit in a handbag, would it not? That is an excellent idea, Hugh. Thank you for suggesting it.” “I did not suggest it.”
― A Rip Through Time
― A Rip Through Time
“To adorn her in somebody else’s eyes; never again in mine.”
― Jude the Obscure
― Jude the Obscure
“So the baby was carried in a small deal box, under an ancient woman's shawl, to the churchyard that night, and buried by lantern-light, at the cost of a shilling and a pint of beer to the sexton, in that shabby corner of God's allotment where He lets the nettles grow, and where all unbaptized infants, notorious drunkards, suicides, and others of the conjecturally damned are laid.”
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
― Tess of the D’Urbervilles
“It is perhaps little wonder that the end of Victorianism almost exactly coincided with the invention of psychoanalysis.”
― At Home: A Short History of Private Life
― At Home: A Short History of Private Life
“It is 1908.
The stars shone above in the night sky as a steamship floated among the clouds.
It's captain, Captain Otra, looked at his watch. He was ahead of his delivery schedule by 30 minutes to deliver the British Government it's much-needed order of concentrated milk and goat cheese from the shores of New Zealand.
He had inherited the business from his wife's father. His wife had passed roughly 5 years ago.
His daughter Lux Otra was tinkering for the hundredth time on her grandfather's sky faring compass, taking it apart and putting it back together. Each time she fixed, the compass worked perfectly again. Memorizing these intricate steps would give her a temporary satisfaction but now she couldn't do it anymore. She set the compass down and sighed in frustration.”
― Saving Time
The stars shone above in the night sky as a steamship floated among the clouds.
It's captain, Captain Otra, looked at his watch. He was ahead of his delivery schedule by 30 minutes to deliver the British Government it's much-needed order of concentrated milk and goat cheese from the shores of New Zealand.
He had inherited the business from his wife's father. His wife had passed roughly 5 years ago.
His daughter Lux Otra was tinkering for the hundredth time on her grandfather's sky faring compass, taking it apart and putting it back together. Each time she fixed, the compass worked perfectly again. Memorizing these intricate steps would give her a temporary satisfaction but now she couldn't do it anymore. She set the compass down and sighed in frustration.”
― Saving Time
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